
2025 Spring Meet
May 23 @ 9:00 AM - May 26 @ 5:00 PM PDT
$5
Private event for LALSRM members and guests, other live steam club members, model railroaders and rail fans. Four days of trains, events, food, souvenirs, fun and friendship.
No public train rides on Sunday, May 25.
Spring Meet Hosts: Bear Mustoe and Diana Manchester.
Visiting Railroaders:
- Tracks in four gauges: 7.5”, 4.75”, 3.5”, Gauge-1,
- 44 steaming bays, two hydraulic lifts & two turntables
- Fully-automated block signal system
- 68-foot truss bridge, trestle bridge, and three tunnels
- 9-track Pit Yard with new floodlight and electrical service
Event Highlights:
- Friday Kick-off Spaghetti Dinner – 6 pm – no cost
- Souvenir Table – 10:30 am to 5:30 pm Saturday
- Kids Krafts on Saturday – Martha Figueroa
- President’s Auction – Saturday, 1:30 pm
- Bingo – Saturday, 3:30 pm
- Saturday BBQ Dinner 6 pm – tickets required*
- Kountry Kitchen meals for purchase Saturday & Sunday (breakfast and lunch)
*Saturday BBQ Dinner – Reserve Now, Pay Later:
Menu: BBQ Pork Ribs (3 ribs), BBQ Tri-Tip, BBQ Chicken (1 piece); Potato Salad, Corn on the Cob, Mac ‘n’ Cheese, Baked Beans, Caesar Salad, Cornbread, Beverage, Dessert. Vegetarian options.
$25 Adult Plate / $10 Child’s Plate (smaller portions)
Please reserve your tickets now. Contact RSVP Coordinator Silvia Tucker.
You can pay and pick up your tickets at the Souvenir Table on Saturday.
Camping:
RV and Tent camping available at no cost, starting at 12 noon Wednesday (no hook-ups). There will be marked spaces for RV camper parking on Crystal Springs Drive and in our Members’ Parking Lot. Vehicles bringing equipment may enter gates temporarily for loading and unloading.
Tents can be pitched on Disney Barn lawns, East End and West End Meadows. No porta-potties this year. Shower facilities available for members and guests.
Visiting Locomotives and Rolling Stock:
Current boiler inspection tags, spark arrestors, ash pans required. Night operations: you must have FREDs and running/parking lights. Visiting steam locos can be hydro-tested as personnel is available. A self-check gauge for engines and rolling stock is available next to the hydraulic lift behind the yellow Doug House. Please bring your own propane fuel, if using.
Please help us with Gate Duty (2-hour slot). Contact Tom Lang.